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Sakamoto: 49ers Bruce Miller No Stranger To Position Change Or Body Analyses

He’s been here before. A player who excelled at one position asked to switch to another. That has been the storyline surrounding San Francisco 49ers TE Bruce Miller since entering the NFL. A two-time Conference USA Player of the Year recipient at defensive end, Miller was projected by many NFL scouts to be a 3-4 outside linebacker at the next level.

However, that wasn’t the case. 49ers GM Trent Baalke and his scouting department had other plans. Going against conventional wisdom, Baalke drafted Miller in the seventh-round (No.